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Erika Michelle Cherry, MS, LMHC

Licensed Therapist, Life Success Coach, Speaker, & Curator of Stories

I am on a mission to help women rewrite their stories, reclaim their power, and transform the way they live and lead. When I’m not challenging women to rewrite the internalized scripts of patriarchy, misogyny, racism, and other societal pressures, I’m normally in my she-shed with a cup of tea, journaling, or laying on my yoga mat - yoga is usually optional.

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2025 is here, but what about the YOU you've been waiting on?

2025 is Here—But What About the YOU You’ve Been Waiting For? You know her—the version of you you’ve been promising yourself you’d step into as soon as the new year started. You’ve been preparing for her: Finishing off the last bit of holiday treats to "start fresh." Stocking up on supplements and wellness trackers. Declaring new boundaries to prioritize you. Crafting vision boards. Carefully selecting your word of the year because this year will be different. But… will it? If history repeats...

3 months ago • 3 min read

YES, life is life-ing… “Life is life-ing” is a phrase that has become a widely accepted and understood response to any inquiry about wellbeing. I hear it at the beginning of sessions with clients. I catch snippets of it in random phone conversations while walking through the park or shopping in a store (I’m not ear hustling—they’re just loud). I read it in blogs and hear it on different podcasts. Truth be told, depending on the day I’m having, I, too, will declare the “life is life-ing”...

2 months ago • 4 min read
Younger Erika and her 3 sons

Becoming Erika Michelle... While I have no reason to believe my names were chosen with any particular intention, Divine fate would see to it that the names given to me carried prophetic meaning that even my parents didn't understand. The name “Erika” means “forever powerful,” and “Michelle” means “one who resembles God.” This is somewhat ironic because, as a Black woman born into a religious family in the Bible Belt of the United States, I was systemically conditioned to believe I had no...

3 months ago • 2 min read